Randolph Maidens arrives in a Williamson County court on Thursday to attend a probable cause hearing on his wife's slaying case.

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Bonnie Burch
| The Tennessean

A note of apology on the kitchen counter, a shotgun on the couch, a car trunk stuffed with thousands of dollars in cash in the garage and a 2-year-old child upstairs telling arriving officers "Daddy gone!" are some of the details to emerge Thursday during a preliminary hearing for a Brentwood man accused of killing his orthodontist wife.

Dr. Rachael Maidens' body was found April 21 on the ground floor of the couple's home at 64 Governors Way. Randolph Maidens was arrested the next morning near the home after an all-night manhunt shut down access to the gated Governors Club neighborhood.